Bolton Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Bolton Township is behind 79% of U.S. towns. 44 jobs are based in Bolton Township for 591 working residents. The two grades for Bolton Township are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Bolton Township in brief
Bolton Township is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Bolton Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bolton Township has about 910 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bolton Township and Arkansas City trade workers both ways
Arkansas City is the top workplace for Bolton Township residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Bolton Township come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 591 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Bolton Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Bolton Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Bolton Township’s grade up (1.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Bolton Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bolton Township could be anywhere from C to B.
The daily commute in and out of Bolton Township
On a workday 582 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Bolton Township on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
28% of working residents work in Arkansas City
Where Bolton Township clocks in
28% of workers
17% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods, not services: 57% of the jobs in Bolton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bolton Township, 2014 → 2024: 114 → 44. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bolton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Bolton Township takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bolton Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 596 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Bolton Township works
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Bolton Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bolton Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.4% across Kansas, on an EPA index of 2.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 625 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Bolton Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bolton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Bolton Township ranks 2,619th of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 59 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 63 | Lexington Township KS | 1,512 | $135K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Westwood KS | 1,720 | $118K | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,617 | Gilman IL | 1,681 | $71K | 6.1% | 6.8% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,618 | Dorchester Township IL | 1,473 | $69K | 6.1% | 2.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,619 | Bolton Township KS | 1,453 | $57K | 1.2% | 5.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,620 | Norway Township MI | 1,524 | $91K | 9.0% | 1.2% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,621 | Ogden IA | 1,975 | $70K | 9.3% | 2.6% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bolton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
The towns next door employ 32% of Bolton Township
The biggest share goes to Arkansas City (28%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bolton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton Township | – | C+ | C | 23 min | $56,654 |
| Creswell Township | 4% | C | D− | 23 min | $85,000 |
| Arkansas City | 28% | C | B− | 19 min | $49,629 |
| Silverdale Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Walton Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Beaver Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Silverdale Township, Walton Township and Beaver Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bolton Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bolton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bolton Township?
$56,654 (±$21,350) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bolton Township?
1.2%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bolton Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bolton Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arkansas City (28%, 3 mi), Winfield (17%, 15 mi), Wichita (8%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bolton Township walkable?
Bolton Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bolton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bolton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bolton Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.